
South Korea's School Bullies
School bullying in South Korea has become a national crisis, with surveys finding nearly one in three students reporting abuse from classmates and a rising number of student suicides linked to harassment. This film examines the scandal through the lens of celebrity culture, where K-pop idols and actors have faced public accusations from former classmates about bullying committed years earlier, sometimes derailing careers overnight. Interviews and case studies trace how these accusations surface, often through anonymous online posts, and how they force a reckoning with incidents schools and families long ignored. The film looks at the pressures of South Korea's hyper-competitive education system and how it can turn classrooms into hostile environments. It also considers the accusers themselves, some of whom face backlash or accusations of exaggeration, complicating any easy narrative of victim and perpetrator. The result is a portrait of a society confronting a problem that has stayed hidden for a generation, now forced into the open by celebrity and social media.